The King's Men

I kind of don't know how to review this series? Because, to be honest, there is a lot that's really messed up about it, which I'm too tired to go into. But for some reason I just...loved it??

Watching Neil grow as a character and gaining a new family (found family always gets me) was beautiful and at the end of the book I actually got invested in Exy itself, which is, haha, something I never expected. The last game did feel a bit strange to me, however, like the author didn't really know how to write it, but it still felt satisfying.
I loved all of the Foxes so, so much. It felt so brilliant to finally see Kevin losing his fear and becoming the ‘Queen'.

The only thing I didn't really like was Neil and Andrew's relationship, which just felt confusing and unsatisfying to me, but ah well.

The epilogue was utterly shocking, but also managed to complete the story in a fitting, if incredibly dark, manner. After the violent, shocking death of Riko, it was also lovely to contemplate on Neil's growth and change as a person and the future that he now had, that he never could have dreamed of. While some aspects of this book were strange or disappointing to me, Neil and his family, the Foxes, made it all so worthwhile to read. As messed up as this series is, I'm glad I read it.